Fastening for cans.



No. 687,026. 7 Patented Nov. I9, I90].

0. E. HINMAN.

FASTENING FOB. CANS.

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. HINMAN, OF OXFORD, NEBRASKA.

FASTENING FOR CANS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 687,026, dated November 19, 1901. Application filed September 28 {1897. Serial No. 653,368. (No model.)

To all wham it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E.HINMAN, residing at Oxford, in the county of Furnas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvements in Fastenings for Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in cans.

The object of my invention is to provide a can more particularly adapted to be used as a shipping milk-can, provided with an outwardly-flared neck, a top adapted to fit into the flared neck and project downward into the can, said top being provided with a pinrality of escape-openings, and a fastening device adapted to removably secure the top to the can.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a broken detail of the neck portion of a can embodying my invention and disclosing the top in position, while Fig. 2 shows a front view of one of the fasteningears used in my invention and adapted to be secured to the neck of the can. Fig. 3 shows a top view of one of the ears, while Fig. 4 shows a front View of one of the keepers secured to the top of the can to engage one .of the ears.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a broken section of the breast of the can A, to which is suitably secured the neck 0, which is outwardly flared at its upper end, as is shown, and at two opposite points is provided with an ear comprising the base 2, from which extends a web 3, which if continued would form a spiral in that it rises from the bottom gradually upward, as will be understood in referring to Fig. 2. These ears formin g a portion of the fastening device are preferably used in sets of two and secured to the neck of the can at opposite points upon the outside. Working within this neck 0 is a top B, a portion of this top being flared to conform to the shape of the neck 0 of the can, so that this top will find a snug seating within a portion of the neck, the top continuing downward to enter the can beyond the neck-seating, as shown in Fig. 1, where the top is shown This top B is provided with a plurality of openings b at a point within the top adapted to come adjacent to the neck-seating of the can, so that these openings within the top are closed as soon as the top is secured within the neck. In Fig. 1, for instance, the openingsbare all closed, so that nothing could escape into them through the can or out of the can through them after the top has been secured.

In the use of my can I contemplate filling the same with a fluid-such as milk, for instance-to its fullestcapacity and then insert the top so that the fluid within the can will be compactly held therein to prevent any splashing of the fluid within the can while the can is being agitated. Now in my present invention the can is filled with milk, for instance, nearly to the very top. The top B is then inserted so that as the top displaces the milk the milk rises within the neck of the can and escapes through the openings b into the hollow top, where the milk is saved; but as soon as the top B finds a snug seating within the flared neck of the can the openings b are closed to solidly and compactly hold the fluid within the can. The top is then turned so that the keeper secured to the top of the can will lock below the web of the ear secured to the neck, and so removably hold the top B to the neck 0.

In my present invention I provide the top B with a keeper comprising the upper flared sections 6, by means of which the keeper is secured to the can-topB, the approximately webshaped central section 5, and the inwardlyextending portion a, slantably positioned and following the pitch of the web 3 of the ear 2, so that as this projecting portion a comes below the web 3 it threads upon the same, as it were, and so adjustably and removably looks upon the web, as is shown in Fig. 1, for instance, where the the neck.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

In a can of the character described the combination with the neck 0, flared above to protop is shown as united to I vide a conical seating, ofears secured to the conical or flanged portion of the said neck 0 and at opposite points, said ears comprising the base 2 and the extendingwebs3 projected in the path of a spiral, the hollow cone-shaped top 13 provided approximately midway of its length with the openings b, and the keepers comprising the sections 6 by means of which said keepers are secured to the topB and furro ther being provided with the inwardly-extending portions a, complementary to and being adapted to ride under said web portions 3, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature [5 in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. HINMAN. Witnesses:

W. H. COLLISTER, D. THOMAS. 

